One paltry crowd is not conclusive proof of declining interest.
("My son is sad! Find Gertrude!") The crime was taken as proof of the decline and fall of civilization, and we found ourselves assuming the role of the comforter far more than the comforted.
Most convincing proof of the decline is the fact that in 1949 the Horse Association….
I remember thinking that right here, in the midst of mountains of books, was proof of a decline so fundamental that it felt, simply, irreversible.
Most convincing proof of the decline is the fact that in 1949 the Horse Association of America, which for decades championed the good estate of horses in this country, regretfully dissolved itself.
With hindsight, it may be asked whether she did not have a point – as something of the same battle over the balance of local taxation bubbles up again today – but the hostility she provoked was at once the harbinger and proof of her decline.
For some, the sight of baked beans served in a ramekin – much less the whole thing "dished up" in a jar – signals the final, irrefutable proof of the decline of a once great Empire.
People bring America's lack of grammar skills as proof of our declining educational system.
Conservatives like William Bennett and Lynne Cheney are fond of citing our coarse entertainment phenomena as proof of the moral decline of America.
Proof of the pitiful decline of robustness the world over as chronicled in t he current press.
"And the proof of the moral decline," he added, "is that people are choosing to watch Leno over Letterman".
